Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1919Various
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Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11, No. 1, March 1919
Various
Entomology -- California -- Periodicals; Entomology -- Periodicals; Zoology -- California -- Periodicals; Zoology -- Periodicals
This is a small and slender form noted as green in life and also
retaining this color after preservation in alcohol. It agrees in
general with _Steggoa_, the first segment being normally developed
above and distinct from the prostomium though not so clearly separated
as usual, suggesting a tendency toward the _Hypoeulalia_ condition.
Prostomium a little longer than wide, narrowed anteriorly, sides
convex; a short lobe, rounded in front and bearing the four tentacles,
is set off by a weak constriction from the basal part. Unpaired
tentacle situated well caudad, more slender than the paired ones
but nearly as long. Eyes not detected. Ventral tentacular cirrus of
II of a thick, leaf-shaped form, sublanceolate in outline and much
like the notocirri. The other tentacular cirri longer and filiform.
Notocirri in outline lanceolate, characteristically exceptionally thick
in proportion to width so as at times to appear nearly subconical.
Neurocirri much smaller; similarly proportionately thick and at times
subconical. Body slender, strongly narrowed from the middle toward both
ends. The proboscis densely and uniformly papillose throughout. Number
of segments near one hundred and twenty-three.
Length, about 26 mm.
Type--M. C. Z. 2, 144.
_Sige californiensis_ sp. nov.
Corresponding closely in general characters with _S. macroceros_
(Grube), the genotype. Green in color instead of straw-yellow to
brown. Tentacles long and slender as in _macroceros_, with the median
equalling the others in length and inserted close to the base of the
latter; tips of tentacles slenderly attenuated. The eyes seem to be
proportionately larger than in _macroceros_. The first segment is
reduced above at the sides where the prostomium bulges back on each
side; but the middle region is well developed, extending forward on the
base of the head as a rounded lobe or flap. Very easily distinguished
from _macroceros_ and other known species by the form of the ventral
tentacular cirrus of the second segment which, in place of the
ordinarily lanceolate foliaceous form, is very strongly expanded above
the base, presenting a large rounded lobe in front and an abruptly much
more slender tip, with the blade as a whole irregularly twisted. The
parapodia very similar to those of the genotype; but the setigerous
lobe less acutely and less deeply notched and rather broader across the
end along the setigerous line. The notocirri rather more slender and
narrowed more evenly distally, not incurved on each side distally so as
to leave an elongate tip set off from the rest. The neurocirri similar
but more asymmetrical, the upper margin straight or concave, the lower
convex. Anal cirri missing. Proboscis not protruded. Total number of
segments in the type, which is complete, sixty-eight.
Length, 10 mm.
Type--M. C. Z. 2, 145.
Taken under stones.
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